Friends of Justice

Please join us for an evening of learning and discussion about one of the most controversial issues in America today!

Sex Panic and the Law:

Reflections of an attorney on the front lines

with Attorney John Swomley,

of Swomley & Tennen, LLP

Monday, April 22 @ 6:30 pm

Cambridge Friends Center

5 Longfellow Park, Cambridge, MA

(off Brattle Street coming out of Harvard Square, Cambridge)

John G. Swomley is well-respected as one of the best trial attorneys in Massachusetts. In 2000, he was awarded the Paul Liacos Mental Health Advocacy Award by the Committee for Public Counsel Services for zealous advocacy on behalf of indigent defendants.

Since 2005, Attorney Swomley has repeatedly been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” as published in Boston Magazine. He is a member of the murder panel, a group of lawyers qualified by the Committee for Public Counsel Services to represent indigent defendants in murder prosecutions throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

What are the laws that govern sexual offenses in Massachusetts? What are the social roots of those laws and what are their impact on those harmed by sexual offenses and those accused of such offenses. Do our present sexual offense laws serve the goals of healing and justice.

Sponsored by the:Sex Offender Policy Reform Initiative of the Criminal Justice Policy Coalition, National Center for Reason and Justice, and Boston Release Network.

For more information call (617) 623-5288 or go to www.sopri-ma.org